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Ndebele activist Mahlangu forgives Boulders manager for faux pas 30 April 2021 - 12:06 Thando Mahlangu says he has forgiven a centre manager who recently asked him to leave Boulders Shopping Centre because he was dressed in traditional Ndebele attire. Image: Twitter via Kgopolo Mphela
A Johannesburg shopping mall manager who kicked Ndebele activist Thando Mahlangu out of the centre “because he was dressed inappropriately” should make a public apology in person to Mahlangu and be reinstated as per Mahlangu’s wish.
This is a recommendation made by the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural‚ Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) which investigated the matter.
Mahlangu forgives Boulders manager for faux pas 29 April 2021 - 17:19 Image: Twitter via Kgopolo Mphela
A Johannesburg shopping mall manager who kicked Ndebele activist Thando Mahlangu out the centre “because he was dressed inappropriately” should make a public apology in person to Mahlangu and be reinstated as per Mahlangu’s wish.
This is a recommendation made by the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural‚ Religious and Linguistic Communities which investigated the matter.
The commission released its final recommendations on the Boulders Mall incident in Midrand involving Mahlangu and the manager of the mall, Jose Maponyane.
Maponyane caused a stir when he was recorded berating Mahlangu for wearing his traditional Ndebele attire at the centre. Mahlangu and Maponyane both appeared at the commission yesterday. This was the first time they appeared together in the same place since the incident.